Miss Yawa Hansen-Quao is passionate about women’s leadership development and established Leading Ladies' Network to prepare women to occupy seats at every leadership table including businesses, government, and civil society. Yawa holds a Masters degree in Gender, Peace & Security from the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center; an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Ashesi University College, Honors in Entrepreneurship and New Product Development from American University of Rome, Italy; and a Certificate in Radio and Television Presentation from the Ghana Institute of Journalism.